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UN/DESA Policy Brief #72: COVID-19 and sovereign debt

UN/DESA Policy Brief #72: COVID-19 and sovereign debt

Without aggressive policy action, the COVID-19 pandemic could turn into a protracted debt crisis for many developing countries. High debt servicing hamstrings developing countries? immediate response to COVID-19 and rule out needed investment in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A debt crisis would dramatically set back sustainable development.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #72: COVID-19 and sovereign debt
UN/DESA Policy Brief #71: COVID-19 pandemic deals a huge blow to the manufacturing exports from LDCs

UN/DESA Policy Brief #71: COVID-19 pandemic deals a huge blow to the manufacturing exports from LDCs

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant economic challenge to LDCs that rely heavily on exporting manufactured goods, particularly clothing and apparel, amid global demand and supply-side shocks.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #71: COVID-19 pandemic deals a huge blow to the manufacturing exports from LDCs
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2020

World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2020

GDP growth in developed countries will plunge to ?5.0 per cent in 2020, while output of developing countries will shrink by 0.7 per cent. The projected cumulative output losses during 2020 and 2021?nearly $8.5 trillion?will wipe out nearly all output gains of the previous four years. The pandemic has unleashed a health and economic crisis unprecedented in scope and magnitude.
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2020
UN/DESA Policy Brief #70: The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples

UN/DESA Policy Brief #70: The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples

COVID-19 presents a new threat to the health and survival of indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples often experience widespread stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings such as stereotyping and a lack of quality in the care provided, thus compromising standards of care and discouraging them from accessing health care.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #70: The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples
UN/DESA Policy Brief #69: Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens

UN/DESA Policy Brief #69: Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens

This policy brief highlights the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls with disabilities and provides policy guidance for governments and other stakeholders to adopt inclusive and accessible measures to not only mitigate the adverse impacts of the crisis but build resilient societies.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #69: Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens
UN/DESA Policy Brief #68: COVID-19 and Older Persons: A Defining Moment?for an Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response

UN/DESA Policy Brief #68: COVID-19 and Older Persons: A Defining Moment?for an Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response

Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination experienced by older persons are exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and aggravate their vulnerabilities.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #68: COVID-19 and Older Persons: A Defining Moment?for an Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response
UN/DESA Policy Brief #67: Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses

UN/DESA Policy Brief #67: Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses

Young people will form a key element in an inclusive recovery
and the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) during this Decade of Action. However,
the response and recovery must be done in a way that
protects the human rights of all youth.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #67: Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses
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2020 Monitoring Reports

2020 Monitoring reports for Angola, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries

UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries

Covid-19 threatens to have devastating consequences in least developed countries (LDCs). Unless bold policy actions are taken by the international community, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline will likely slip out of reach.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries
UN/DESA Policy Brief #65: Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality

UN/DESA Policy Brief #65: Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality

This brief identifies inequalities around the COVID-19
pandemic in exposure, vulnerabilities and coping capacity.
It suggests that crisis responses in four areas could turn
the tide on inequality. These include expanding systems
for the universal provision of quality social services;
identifying and empowering vulnerable groups; investing
in jobs and livelihoods; and acting through the multilateral
system to respond to disparities across countries.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #65: Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality